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Discourses, identities and mobilities

Discourses, identities and mobilities research in the core field of study has a contribution to make to both the scientific and social debate.
Research at the Department of Language and Communcation Studies

In multidisciplinary, multimethodological discourse studies, language is analysed critically as a central force in developing and constructing knowledge, identities, and ways of working. Central to these studies is the effect of discourses on participation and social wellbeing.

Research on the dynamics of identity, inclusion and exclusion as well as social (in)equalities is especially important in a diversifying, multilingual world marked by the multidirectional mobility of people, technologies and ideas. Our research contributes to the scientific discussion about discourse and the societal debate on the significance of language usage, multilingualism, and language expertise in the world.

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Research groups and projects

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De spermate: the Site

This site presents the Pseudo-Galenic Late Mediaeval medical bestseller variously titled De spermate, Microtegni etc., with bibliography on the transmission and historical context of the text
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From citizens to decision-makers: An interactive perspective on local democracy

This research project examines how local democracy is accomplished through interaction between citizens and city experts.
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Generation X, Y and Z and digital language practices: Intra- and intergenerational meaning-making, adaptation and attitudes (XYZdigi)

The project XYZdigi examines Finland-Swedish digital language practices and their generational differences.
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International migrations and (im)mobilities: identities, agency and voice of refugee background young adults

International migration and immobilities pilot action study examines experiences of forced migration of refugee youth (aged 17-29).
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Language, engagement and belonging

Monitieteisessä tutkimushankkeessa tarkastellaan ukrainalaisten asettumista maaseudulle ja erityisesti kielen, kuulumisen ja kiinnittymisen kysymyksiä tässä prosessissa.
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LITHME

LITHME’s aims are to prepare language researchers for what is coming, and to facilitate longer term dialogue between linguists and technology developers.
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Multilingual text work in the platform economy

This research explores multilingual text work in the platform economy.
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Muses Moving North: the Network (MMNN)

The book historical network Muses Moving North Network aims to explore the dissemination of Italian humanism from the points of view of the media transmitting humanist texts, the scripts and the conventions of the humanist book north of the Alps.
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Negotiating international criminal law: A courtroom ethnography of trial performance at the International Criminal Court

Combining linguistic anthropology and interaction analysis with (socio)legal expertise, the NegoICL project addresses the multiple tensions surrounding this emerging form of transnational criminal adjudication.
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Researching racial landscapes through the experiences of women of color living in Bordeaux, Rotterdam and Helsinki

Cities tell stories about who we are in various ways: statues, street names, flags are some examples. Looking at racial landscapes is a way to explore the stories told about race, racism and whiteness in cities.
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Social media as the fifth estate: forms of counterspeech against hate speech and disinformation

This project explores counterspeech against hate speech and disinformation on social media. In particular, it compares counterspeech in Finnish and German discussions.